- Stability and resilience of self-organised adaptive systems
- Scientific modelling & computation of coastal ecosystems
- Scale-bridging in ecology
- Experimental ecology
- Serious gaming
Dr. Jim van Belzen
Stability and Resilience of Coastal Systems
Understanding how coastal systems will respond to change as the result of climate change and sea level rise is paramount in the current age of global change. Especially because coastal societies are often strongly contingent upon their functioning and the services they provide. The stability and resilience of these ecosystems is often underpinned by ecosystem-engineering species that modify and attenuate the physical conditions that force them. This can lead to positive feedback and a rich set of possible responses that shape the stability and resilience of these coastal systems.
Developing new insights that can help us understand what ecosystem responses can be expected is the main focus of my research. Therefore, I combine experimental, observational and modelling approaches. Most of the time I work on tidal marshes, but I also have a keen interest in reef building organisms.
Personal motivation
At the core the science I do is driven by my childish curiosity to better understand the natural world around me. Yet, I strongly believe that my research -and that of my college’s- is highly needed and contributes to a fact-based understanding of our blue planet. Thereby providing the much needed information to help decision-making into a responsible and sustainable use of our coasts and oceans.
Watch the above short video to get an introduction into my work as an ecologist and modeller.
Linked news
Wednesday 08 November 2023
How do plants outside the dikes keep up with sea level rise? They build a growing creek landscape
Salt marshes are hugely important natural areas on the seaward side of our dikes. They are home to plants and animals, they store a lot of CO2 and they protect the coast against the force of the waves. However, these salt marshes face threats from…
Friday 22 September 2023
Harnessing and moving with natural forces in Zeeland's delta - Landscape plan wins Eo Wijers prize
The regional final of the Eo Wijers Prize Competition 2022-2023 for central Zeeland has been won by a collaboration of Bureau B+B urbanism and landscape architecture, RO&AD Architects and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). In…
Thursday 26 January 2023
Dossier: Dijkdoorbraken en natuurlijke kustverdediging
Op 1 februari 2023 herdenkt Nederland de Watersnoodramp van 70 jaar geleden. Hoewel ons laaggelegen land sindsdien goed beschermd is geweest, stellen de gevolgen van klimaatverandering, zoals zeespiegelstijging en weersextremen Nederland voor nieuwe…
Monday 21 November 2022
Giving land back to the sea: it sounds scary, but results in a safer, more biodiverse coast
It has taken more than 30 years of talking and arguing, but by the end of this month the excavators will have finished removing the dykes of the Hedwige and Prosperpolder on the Dutch-Flemish border. On the rhythm of the tides, seawater once again…
Monday 09 May 2022
Variation provides opportunities for organisms in search for a place to live
Summers are getting hotter on average, showers are becoming more intense, and sea levels are rising ever so slightly. “But it's not just the changing averages that determine whether an organism can settle somewhere or not. It's often all about the…
Friday 25 March 2022
NIOZ viert 10 jarig bestaan in Zeeland
Vandaag, 25 maart, is het gebouw van het Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ) in Yerseke feestelijk heropend na een flinke verbouwing. Ook vieren we het 10-jarig bestaan van NIOZ in Zeeland. Tijdens de opening spraken oa.…
Tuesday 16 November 2021
Machine learning helps to locally restore wetlands for coastal protection
By using large experimental data sets to feed a machine learning model, we can enable wetland establishment for flood defense by managing the local conditions, thereby overruling uncontrollable global change stressors. This is revealed by an…
Monday 25 January 2021
Coastal defence between double dykes. A safe, natural and cheaper solution
Allowing low and high tide to return to a so-called ‘transitional polder' between two dikes will make coastal defence much more sustainable, natural and affordable. This is what Jim van Belzen, Gerlof Rienstra and Tjeerd Bouma write in a report…
Thursday 07 May 2020
Koolstofopslag langs de Nederlandse kust; niet alleen bos, ook schorren en kwelders remmen klimaatverandering
Kwelders en schorren zorgen voor biodiversiteit, hoogwaterveiligheid en kunnen CO2 vastleggen. Dankzij natuurlijke processen bieden zij een buffer tegen klimaatverandering. Vorig maand zijn de resultaten van drie studies gepubliceerd, waaronder ‘Blue…
Wednesday 17 July 2019
Sea level rise requires extra management to maintain salt marshes
Salt marshes are important habitats for fish and birds, and protect coasts under sea level rise against stronger wave attacks. However, salt marshes themselves are much more vulnerable to these global change threats than previously thought.
NIOZ publications
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2024
Fivash, G.S.; Stoorvogel, M.; de Smit, J.C.; van Rees, F.; van Dalen, J.; Grandjean, T.; van de Vijsel, R.C.; Bouma, T.; Temmerman, S.; van Belzen, J. (2024). Abiotic origins of self‐organized ridge‐runnel patterns on tidal flats. Limnol. Oceanogr. 69(6): 1378-1389. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.12581Kleinhans, M.; van Wesenbeeck, B.K.; Jonkman, B.; van Belzen, J. (2024). Factsheet: innovatie bij dijkversterking. Parlement en Wetenschap: [s.l.].Stoorvogel, M.; van Belzen, J.; Temmerman, S.; Wiesebron, L.E.; Fivash, G.S.; van Ijzerloo, L.; van de Koppel, J.; Bouma, T. (2024). Salt marshes for nature-based flood defense: Sediment type, drainage, and vegetation drive the development of strong sediment beds. Ecol. Eng. 207: 107335. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107335van Belzen, J. (2024). Ragworms Anecdotes. Journal of Trial and Error early view. https://dx.doi.org/10.36850/d17f-489b
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2023
Grandjean, T.J.; de Smit, J.C.; van Belzen, J.; Fivash, G.S.; van Dalen, J.; Ysebaert, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2023). Morphodynamic signatures derived from daily surface elevation dynamics can explain the morphodynamic development of tidal flats. Water Science and Engineering 16(1): 14-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wse.2022.11.003van de Ven, C.N.; Reijers, V.C.; Lammers, C.; van Belzen, J.; Chung, Y.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Heide, T. (2023). Establishing cordgrass plants cluster their shoots to avoid ecosystem engineering. Funct. Ecol. 37(5): 1339-1349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14302van de Vijsel, R.C.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Wal, D.; Borsje, B.W.; Temmerman, S.; Cornacchia, L.; Gourgue, O.; van de Koppel, J. (2023). Vegetation controls on channel network complexity in coastal wetlands. Nature Comm. 14(1): 7158. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42731-3van den Hoven, K.; van Belzen, J.; Kleinhans, M.G.; Schot, D.; Merry, J.; van Loon-Steensma, J.M.; Bouma, T.J. (2023). How natural foreshores offer flood protection during dike breaches: An explorative flume study. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 294: 108560. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108560
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2022
Cheng, C.H.; van Belzen, J.; de Smit, J.; Suykerbuyk, W.; Grandjean, T.; Stoorvogel, M.; van Dalen, J.; de Vet, L.; Bouma, T.J.; Ysebaert, T. (2022). T0-monitoring Natuurimpuls Oosterschelde. Wageningen Marine Research Report, C047/22. IMARES: Yerseke. 60 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.18174/576025Fivash, G.S.; van Belzen, J.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Didderen, K.; Lengkeek, W.; van der Heide, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2022). Increasing spatial dispersion in ecosystem restoration mitigates risk in disturbance‐driven environments. J. Appl. Ecol. 59(4): 1050-1059. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14116Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Vandenbruwaene, W.; Vanlede, J.; Belliard, J.-P.; Fagherazzi, S.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S. (2022). Biogeomorphic modeling to assess the resilience of tidal-marsh restoration to sea level rise and sediment supply. Earth Surface Dynamics 10(3): 531-553. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-531-2022Hamer, A.; Walles, B.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; de Louw, P.; van Dalen, J.; Bax, V.; van de Langewege, W. (2022). Progress report: Rammegors tidal restoration: Phase 2. Wageningen Marine Research: Yerseke. 93 pp. https://doi.org/10.18174/562499Schoutens, K.; Luys, P.; Heuner, M.; Fuchs, E.; Minden, V.; Schulte-Ostermann, T.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Temmerman, S. (2022). Traits of tidal marsh plants determine survival and growth response to hydrodynamic forcing: implications for nature-based shoreline protection. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 693: 107-124. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14091van Belzen, J.; Fivash, G.S.; Hu, Z.; Bouma, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2022). A probabilistic framework for windows of opportunity: the role of temporal variability in critical transitions. J. R. Soc. Interface 19(190): 0220041. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0041Weisscher, S.; Baar, A.W.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Kleinhans, M.G. (2022). Transitional polders along estuaries: driving land-level rise and reducing flood propagation. Nature-Based Solutions 2: 100022. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2022.100022
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2021
Cao, H.; Zhu, Z.; van Belzen, J.; Gourgue, O.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Zhang, L.; Yuan, L.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Salt marsh establishment in poorly consolidated muddy systems: effects of surface drainage, elevation, and plant age. Ecosphere 12(9): e03755. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3755Fivash, G.S.; Stüben, D.; Bachmann, M.; Walles, B.; van Belzen, J.; Didderen, K.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Lengkeek, W.; van der Heide, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Can we enhance ecosystem-based coastal defense by connecting oysters to marsh edges? Analyzing the limits of oyster reef establishment. Ecol. Eng. 165: 106221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106221Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S. (2021). A convolution method to assess subgrid‐scale interactions between flow and patchy vegetation in biogeomorphic models. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst. 13(2): e2020MS002116. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002116Hu, Z.; Borsje, B.W.; van Belzen, J.; Willemsen, P.W.J.M.; Wang, H.; Peng, Y.; Yuan, L.; De Dominicis, M.; Wolf, J.; Temmerman, S.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Mechanistic modeling of marsh seedling establishment provides a positive outlook for coastal wetland restoration under global climate change. Geophys. Res. Lett. 48(22): e2021GL095596. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021gl095596Marín Díaz, B.; Fivash, G.S.; Nauta, J.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Hijner, N.; Reijers, V.C; Cruijsen, P.M.J.M.; Didderen, K.; Heusinkveld, J.H.T.; Penning, E.; Maldonado-Garcia, G.; van Belzen, J.; de Smit, J.C.; Christianen, M.J.A.; van der Heide, T.; van der Wal, D.; Olff, H.; Bouma, T.J.; Govers, L.L. (2021). On the use of large-scale biodegradable artificial reefs for intertidal foreshore stabilization. Ecol. Eng. 170: 106354. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106354Reijers, V.C; Hoeks, S.; van Belzen, J.; Siteur, K.; de Rond, A.J.A.; van de Ven, C.N.; Lammers, C.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Heide, T. (2021). Sediment availability provokes a shift from Brownian to Lévy‐like clonal expansion in a dune building grass. Ecol. Lett. 24(2): 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13638van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2022). Beschermen van de getijdennatuur in het Verdronken Land van Zuid-Beveland door middel van erosieremmende maatregelen: Een theoretische verkenning naar gebruik van natuurlijke ruimtelijke structuren en materialen. NIOZ-rapport, 2022(01). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 80 pp.van Belzen, J.; Rienstra, G.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Dubbele dijken als robuuste waterkerende landschappen voor een welvarende Zuidwestelijke Delta. NIOZ-rapport, 2021(01). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 108 pp. https://doi.org/10.25850/nioz/7b.b.kbvan de Vijsel, R.C.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Wal, D.; van de Koppel, J. (2021). Algal‐induced biogeomorphic feedbacks lay the groundwork for coastal wetland development. JGR: Biogeosciences 126(10): e2021JG006515. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021jg006515
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2020
Fivash, G.S.; van Belzen, J.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Didderen, K.; Lengkeek, W.; van der Heide, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2020). Elevated micro-topography boosts growth rates in Salicornia procumbens by amplifying a tidally-driven oxygen pump: implications for natural recruitment and restoration. Ann. Bot. 125(2): 277-290. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcz137Schotanus, J.; Walles, B.; Capelle, J.J.; van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2020). Promoting self‐facilitating feedback processes in coastal ecosystem engineers to increase restoration success: Testing engineering measures. J. Appl. Ecol. 57(10): 1958-1968. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13709van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Ysebaert, T. (2020). Blue Carbon in het Verdronken Land van Zuid-Beveland. NIOZ-rapport, 2020(03). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 63 pp. https://doi.org/10.25850/nioz/7b.b.zvan de Vijsel, R.C.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Wal, D.; Cusseddu, V.; Purkis, S.J.; Rietkerk, M.; van de Koppel, J. (2020). Estuarine biofilm patterns: modern analogues for Precambrian self‐organization. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms 45(5): 1141-1154. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.4783Wang, C.; Smolders, S.; Callaghan, D.P.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Hu, Z.; Wen, Q.; Temmerman, S. (2020). Identifying hydro-geomorphological conditions for state shifts from bare tidal flats to vegetated tidal marshes. Remote Sens. 12(14): 2316. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12142316Zhu, Z.; van Belzen, J.; Zhu, Q.; van de Koppel, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2020). Vegetation recovery on neighboring tidal flats forms an Achilles' heel of saltmarsh resilience to sea level rise. Limnol. Oceanogr. 65(1): 51-62. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11249
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2019
Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S. (2019). A new bio-geomorphic model approach accounting for subgrid-scale heterogeneity of biogenic structures, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 40Reijers, V.C.; Siteur, K.; Hoeks, S.; van Belzen, J.; Borst, A.C.W.; Heusinkveld, J.H.T.; Govers, L.; Bouma, T.J.; Lamers, L.P.M.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Heide, T. (2019). A Lévy expansion strategy optimizes early dune building by beach grasses. Nature Comm. 10: 2656. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10699-8
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2018
de Fouw, J; van der Heide, T.; van Belzen, J.; Govers, L.; Cheikh, M.A.S.; Olff, H.; van de Koppel, J.; van Gils, J.A. (2018). A facultative mutualistic feedback enhances the stability of tropical intertidal seagrass beds. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31060-xHu, Z.; van der Wal, D.; Cai, H.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2018). Dynamic equilibrium behaviour observed on two contrasting tidal flats from daily monitoring of bed-level changes. Geomorphology (Amst.) 311: 114-126. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.03.025Nieuwhof, S.; van Belzen, J.; Oteman, B.; van de Koppel, J.; Herman, P.M.J.; van der Wal, D. (2018). Shellfish reefs increase water storage capacity on intertidal flats over extensive spatial scales. Ecosystems 21(2): 360-372. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0153-9Schwarz, C.; Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Zhu, Z.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Ruessink, G.; Claude, N.; Temmerman, S. (2018). Self-organization of a biogeomorphic landscape controlled by plant life-history traits. Nature Geoscience 11(7): 672-677. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0180-yvan Belzen, J. (2018). Qualitative growth potential test for brackish Vaucheria species. Protocol Exchange april 2018. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/protex.2018.041
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2017
Lo, V.B.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2017). Interactive effects of vegetation and sediment properties on erosion of salt marshes in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Mar. Environ. Res. 131: 32-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.09.006Schwarz, C.; Cox, T.; van Engeland, T.; van Oevelen, D.; van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Soetaert, K.; Bouma, T.J.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2017). Field estimates of floc dynamics and settling velocities in a tidal creek with significant along-channel gradients in velocity and SPM. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 197: 221-235. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.08.041Strain, E.M.A.; van Belzen, J.; Comandini, P.; Wong, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Airoldi, L. (2017). The role of changing climate in driving the shift from perennial grasses to annual succulents in a Mediterranean saltmarsh. J. Ecol. 105(5): 1374-1385. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12799van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Disturbance-recovery experiments to assess resilience of ecosystems along a stress gradient . Protocol Exchange June 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/protex.2017.028van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Kirwan, M.L.; van der Wal, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Dakos, V.; Kéfi, S.; Scheffer, M.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation. Nature Comm. 8: 15811. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15811van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Wal, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Dakos, V.; Kéfi, S.; Scheffer, M.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Timing recovery of ecosystems in sequential remotely sensed and simulated data . Protocol Exchange June 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/protex.2017.038Wang, H.; van der Wal, D.; Li, X.; van Belzen, J.; Herman, P.M.J.; Hu, Z.; Ge, Z.; Zhang, L.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Zooming in and out: scale dependence of extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting salt marsh erosion. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface 122(7): 1455-1470. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JF004193
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2016
Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Balke, T.; van Dalen, J.; KLaassen, P.; Hartog, A.M.; Callaghan, D.P.; Hu, Z.; Stive, M.J.F.; Temmerman, S.; Herman, P.M.J. (2016). Short-term mudflat dynamics drive long-term cyclic salt marsh dynamics. Limnol. Oceanogr. 61(6): 2261-2275. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10374de Fouw, J.; Govers, L.; van de Koppel, J.; van Belzen, J.; Dorigo, W.; Sidi Cheikh, M.A.; Christianen, M.J.A.; van der Reijden, K.J.; van der Geest, M.; Piersma, T.; Smolders, A.J.P.; Olff, H.; Lamers, L.P.M.; van Gils, J.A.; van der Heide, T. (2016). Drought, mutualism breakdown, and landscape-scale degradation of seagrass beds. Curr. Biol. 26(8): 1051-1056. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.023Silinski, A.; van Belzen, J.; Fransen, E.; Bouma, T.J.; Troch, P.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2016). Quantifying critical conditions for seaward expansion of tidal marshes: a transplantation experiment. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 169: 227-237. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.12.012Zhu, Z.; van Belzen, J.; Hong, T; Kunihiro, T.; Ysebaert, T.; Herman, P.M.J.; Bouma, T.J. (2016). Sprouting as a gardening strategy to obtain superior supplementary food: evidence from a seed-caching marine worm. Ecology 97(12): 3278–3284. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1613
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2015
de Paoli, H.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Zee, E.; Kangeri, A.; van Belzen, J.; Holthuijsen, S.; van den Berg, A.; Herman, P.M.J.; Olff, H.; van der Heide, T. (2015). Processes limiting mussel bed restoration in the Wadden-Sea. J. Sea Res. 103: 42-49. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.05.008Hu, Zhan; van Belzen, J.; Van der Wal, D.; Balke, T.; Wang, Z.B.; Stive, M.; Bouma, T. (2015). Windows of opportunity for salt marsh vegetation establishment on bare tidal flats: The importance of temporal and spatial variability in hydrodynamic forcing. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosciences: 120(7): 1450-1469. dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002870Monbaliu, J.; Bi, Q.; Bouma, T.J.; Toorman, E.A.; van Belzen, J.; Willems, P. (2015). Extreme estuarine water levels and channel morphology, effect on flood extents and habitat resilience: the Scheldt Estuary, Belgium and the Netherlands, in: Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate. pp. 332-357. dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397310-8.00007-5Strain, E.M.A.; van Belzen, J.; van Dalen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Airoldi, L. (2015). Management of Local Stressors Can Improve the Resilience of Marine Canopy Algae toGlobal Stressors. PLoS One 10(3): e0120837. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120837
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2014
Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Balke, T.; Zhu, Z.; Airoldi, L.; Blight, A.J.; Davies, A.J.; Galván, C.; Hawkins, S.J.; Hoggart, S.P.G.; Lara, J.L.; Losada, I.J.; Maza, M.; Ondiviela, B.; Skov, M.W.; Strain, E.M.; Thompson, R.C.; Yang, S.L.; Zanuttigh, B.; Zhang, L.; Herman, P.M.J. (2014). Identifying knowledge gaps hampering application of intertidal habitats in coastal protection: Opportunities & steps to take. Coast. Eng. 87: 147-157. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.11.014Firth, L.B.; Thompson, R.C.; Bohn, K.; Abbiati, M.; Airoldi, L.; Bouma, T.J.; Bozzeda, F.; Ceccherelli, V.U.; Colangelo, M.A.; Evans, A.; Ferrario, F.; Hanley, M.E.; Hinz, H.; Hoggart, S.P.G.; Jackson, J.E.; Moore, P.; Morgan, E.H.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Skov, M.W.; Strain, E.M.; van Belzen, J.; Hawkins, S.J. (2014). Between a rock and a hard place: Environmental and engineering considerations when designing coastal defence structures. Coast. Eng. 87: 122-135. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.10.015Hoggart, S.; Hawkins, S.J.; Bohn, K.; Airoldi, L.; van Belzen, J.; Bichot, A.; Bilton, D.T.; Bouma, T.J.; Colangelo, M.A.; Davies, A.J.; Ferrario, F.; Firth, L.; Galvan, C.; Hanley, M.; Heurtefeux, H.; Lara, J.L.; Rodriquez, I.L.; Maza, M.; Ondiviela-Eizaguirre, B.; Rundle, S.D.; Skov, M.W.; Strain, E.M.; White, A.; Zhang, L.; Zhu, Z.; Thompson, R.C. (2014). Ecological Approaches to Coastal Risk Mitigation, in: Zanuttigh, B. et al. Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate. pp. 171-236. dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397310-8.00004-XOndiviela, B.; Losada, I.J.; Lara, J.L.; Maza, M.; Galván, C.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J. (2014). The role of seagrasses in coastal protection in a changing climate. Coast. Eng. 87: 158-168. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.11.005Sanders, D.; Jones, C.G.; Thébault, E.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Heide, T.; van Belzen, J.; Barot, S. (2014). Integrating ecosystem engineering and food webs. Oikos (Kbh.) 123(5): 513–524. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.01011.x
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2013
Christianen, M.J.A.; van Belzen, J.; Herman, P.M.J.; van Katwijk, M.M.; Lamers, L.P.M.; Bouma, T.J. (2013). Low-canopy seagrass beds still provide important coastal protection services. PLoS One 8(5): e62413. hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0062413
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2012
van Belzen, J.; Van de Koppel, J.; Herman, P.; Bouma, T. (2012). Disturbing signs: do real ecosystems slow down towards the verge of collapse? Poster presented at the Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting 7 & 8 February, 2012 (NAEM). Department of Spatial Ecology, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke.Weerman, E.J.; Van Belzen, J.; Rietkerk, M.; Temmerman, S.; Kéfi, S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Van de Koppel, J. (2012). Changes in diatom patch-size distribution and degradation in a spatially self-organized intertidal mudflat ecosystem. Ecology 93(3): 608-618. dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-0625.1
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2011
van Belzen, J.; van der Wal, D.; Bouma, T.; Herman, P.; Van de Koppel, J. (2011). Chess at the mudflat: Disturbance and recovery at salt-marsh pioneer zones. Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology: Yerseke. 1 poster pp.
